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Season 3.
A French Riviera trip pulls the Potomac cast further from home than the show has ever traveled before.
A rhythm worth tracking.
Season three brings in Candiace Dillard as the group's newest full-time housewife and sends the returning cast further from Potomac than the show has gone before, with a multi-episode trip to the French Riviera as the season's centerpiece. Charrisse Jackson-Jordan steps back to a recurring role. Twenty episodes and a two-part reunion give the expanded cast plenty of room to work.
The #04 slot.
Slot #04 of 10 in the Real Housewives of Potomac Editor's Canon. Season three ranks fourth on the strength of one addition and one big swing. Candiace Dillard joins as the group's sixth full-time housewife and goes on to become one of the show's longest-running cast members, while Charrisse Jackson-Jordan steps back to a recurring role after two seasons at the center. The season's real structural leap is a multi-episode trip to the French Riviera, the furthest RHOP had traveled from Potomac at that point, and the change of scenery sharpens the old-money-versus-new-money dynamic rather than diluting it. Twenty episodes and a two-part reunion give the expanded cast plenty of room. It doesn't yet have the stability of the seasons ranked above it, but the growth it introduces pays off for years.
2 moments, no spoilers.
- Mid-season · the French Riviera
The cast leaves Potomac behind for a multi-episode stretch abroad — the show's first trip of this scale. Watch for how the new setting changes the group's usual social dynamics.
- Reunion · a two-part sit-down
Season three's reunion runs across two parts instead of the usual single episode, giving the six-woman cast more room than before. Watch for how the extended format changes the pacing of the conversation.